Opinion as a Movie-freak: 5/10

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Summary
XX is a new horror anthology with a gender twist - all segments will be helmed by female directors and will star female leads. The directors have been given free creative rein within budget and time constraints, but all of the segments themselves will involve the horror genre.

Genre : Horror
Country : USA/Canada

Cast :
Natalie Brown : Susan ("The Box")

Melanie Lynskey : Mary ("The Birthday party")
Breeda Wool : Gretchen ("Don't fall")
Christina Kirk : Cora ("Her only living Son")

Director :

Jovanka Vuckovic : "The Box"
Annie Clark : "The Birthday Party"
Roxanne Benjamin : "Don't Fall"
Karyn Kusama : "Her only living Son"

5/10 Crime

Live by night (2016)

donderdag, april 13, 2017

Summary
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.

Genre : Crime/Drama
Country : USA

Cast :
Ben Affleck : Joe Coughlin

Chris Messina : Dion Bartolo
Zoe Saldana : Graciela

Director : Ben Affleck

5/10 SF

Bokeh (2017)

zondag, april 02, 2017

Summary
On a romantic getaway to Iceland, a young American couple wake up one morning to discover every person on earth has disappeared. Their struggle to survive and to reconcile the mysterious event lead them to reconsider everything they know about themselves and the world.

Genre : SF/Drama
Country : Iceland

Cast :
Maika Monroe : Jenai

Matt O’Leary : Riley

Director : Geoffrey Orthwein,Andrew Sullivan

5/10 Drama

Shovel Buddies (2016)

zaterdag, maart 18, 2017

Summary
Jimmy's best friend Sammy has died of leukemia, leaving behind one final wish: ensure his body is buried in his favorite football jersey. Jimmy and his friends, including his ex-friend Dan, his little brother Lump, and his crush Kate join the adventure of a lifetime as they spend one unforgettable night fulfilling their friend's final request.

Genre : Drama
Country : USA

Cast :
Bella Thorne : Kate

Alex Neustaedter : Jimmy
Kian Lawley : Dan

Director : Simon Atkinson, Adam Townley

5/10 Drama

Alone in Berlin (2016)

maandag, maart 13, 2017

Summary
Berlin, 1940. Working class couple Otto and Anna Quangel receive the news that their only son has lost his life in the battlefield and decide to resist the Nazi regime in their very own way. Soon the Gestapo is hunting "the threat".

Genre : Drama
Country : UK/France/Germany

Cast :
Emma Thompson : Anna Quangel

Brendan Gleeson : Otto Quangel
Daniel Brühl : Escherich

Director : Vincent Perez

5/10 Horror

Hush (2016)

donderdag, februari 09, 2017

Summary
A deaf writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window.

Genre : Horror
Country : USA

Cast :
Kate Siegel : Maddie

John Gallagher Jr. : Man

Director : Mike "Oculus" Flanagan

5/10 SF

Morgan (2016)

zaterdag, januari 28, 2017

Summary
A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being.

Genre : SF
Country : USA

Cast :
Anya Taylor-Joy : Morgan

Kate Mara : Lee Weathers
Toby Jones : Dr. Simon Ziegler

Director : Luke Scott

5/10 Horror

Lights out (2016)

donderdag, januari 12, 2017

Summary
When her little brother, Martin, experiences the same events that once tested her sanity, Rebecca works to unlock the truth behind the terror, which brings her face to face with an entity that has an attachment to their mother, Sophie.

Genre : Horror
Country : USA

Cast :
Teresa Palmer : Rebecca

Gabriel Bateman : Martin
Maria Bello : Sophie

Director : David Sandberg

5/10 Horror

The other side of the Door (2016)

maandag, januari 02, 2017

Summary
A family lives an idyllic existence abroad until a tragic accident takes the life of their young son. The inconsolable mother learns of an ancient ritual that will bring him back to say a final goodbye. She travels to an ancient temple, where a door serves as a mysterious portal between two worlds. But when she disobeys a sacred warning to never open that door, she upsets the balance between life and death.

Genre : Horror
Country : India/USA

Cast :
Sarah Wayne Callies : Maria

Jeremy Sisto : Michael
Sofia Rosinsky : Lucy

Director : Johannes Roberts

5/10 Drama

Sully (2016)

donderdag, december 22, 2016

Summary
On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain Chesley Sullenberger, nicknamed "Sully", glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.

Genre : Drama/Biography
Country : USA

Cast :
Tom Hanks : Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger

Aaron Eckhart : Jeff Skiles
Laura Linney : Lorraine Sullenberger

Director : Clint Eastwood

5/10 Drama Short

Short movie : Ghost Nets (2016)

vrijdag, december 09, 2016

Summary
The discovery that three surfers make whilst camping on a deserted beach shows them that everything washes ashore eventually.

Genre : Drama/Short
Country : UK

Cast :
Joe Sowerbutts : Neal

Bruce Lawrence : Jack
Charlotte Mounter : Matilda

Director : Mark Bousfield

5/10 Mystery

Crushed (2015)

donderdag, november 24, 2016

Summary
A young woman returns home to her family vineyard after her father dies in an accident on the winery. But when his death is ruled a murder and her mother becomes the prime suspect she must uncover the truth.

Genre : Mystery/Thriller
Country : Australia

Cast :
Sarah Bishop : Ellia

Les Hill : David
Remy Brand : Zac

Director : Megan Riakos

5/10 Fantasy

Alice through the looking glass (2016)

zaterdag, oktober 29, 2016

Summary
Alice returns to the magical world of Underland, only to find the Hatter in a horrible state. With the help of her friends, Alice must travel through time to save the Mad Hatter and Underland's fate from the evil clutches of the Red Queen and a clock like creature, known as Time.

Genre : Fantasy
Country : USA

Cast :
Johnny Depp : Hatter Tarrant Hightopp

Mia Wasikowska : Alice
Sacha Baron Cohen : Time

Director : James Bobin

5/10 Adventure

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

woensdag, oktober 12, 2016

Summary
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment. When they arrive a man named Rom who works for Leopold attacks the village they are at and captures Tarzan and Jane. With the help of Washington, an American who accompanied Tarzan, he escapes and sets out to rescue Jane by going across the jungle and Washington joins him despite being told that he might not make it.

Genre : Adventure
Country : USA/UK/Canada

Cast :
Alexander Skarsgård : Tarzan/John Clayton

Samuel L. Jackson : George Washington Williams
Margot Robbie : Jane Clayton

Director : David Yates

5/10 Mystery Thriller

Manhattan Night (2016)

vrijdag, september 23, 2016

Summary
The story of Porter Wren, a New York City tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy and anything that passes for the truth. At home he is a model family man, devoted to his loving wife. But when a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he can't resist.

Genre : Mystery/Thriller
Country : USA

Cast :
Adrien Brody : Porter Wren

Yvonne Strahovski : Caroline Crowley
Campbell Scott : Simon Crowley

Director : Brian DeCubellis

5/10 Drama

All out Dysfunktion! (2016)

zondag, september 18, 2016

Summary
Six odd ball Hollywood types, each with their own dysfunctional personalities live under the roof of the same mansion. They're only common thread is they all have rooms for rent. Dysfunktion is an laugh out loud comedic take on the drama that ensues in a day when that many people live together and have absolutely nothing in common!

Genre : Drama
Country : USA

Cast :
Angelica Chitwood : Carrie

Melinda Dekay : Clarelle
Arsh Singh : Ranjit

Director : Ryan Lemasters

5/10 Action

I am wrath (2016)

woensdag, augustus 31, 2016

Summary
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.

Genre : Action
Country : USA

Cast :
John Travolta : Stanley

Christopher Meloni : Dennis
Amanda Schull : Abbie

Director : Chuck Russell

5/10 Action

Crossing Point (2016)

dinsdag, augustus 16, 2016

Summary :
A young American couple in love, Michael and Olivia are on vacation in Baja, but things take a frightening turn when Olivia is kidnapped by a drug dealer, who demands that Michael smuggle a backpack full of cocaine-stolen from a rival cartel-over the border into the U.S. within twelve hours or else Olivia will be killed. A Tijuana Cop is on the trail, as Michael navigates the treacherous underworld of Mexico, and he himself becomes a force to be reckoned with...

Genre : Action
Country : USA

Cast :
Shawn Lock : Michael

Jacob Vargas : Jesus
Rudy Youngblood : Mateo

Director : Daniel Zirilli

5/10 Horror

They found hell (2015)

zondag, juli 24, 2016

Summary :
When a group of gifted college students run a secret teeleportation experiment, they accidentally open a portal to another dimension, trapping them in hell. One by one they are hunted, tortured and killed by the denizens of hell who are bent on stealing their souls.

Genre : Horror/SF
Country : USA

Cast :
Kabby Borders : Ava
Mirela Burke : Lucia
Hunter Canedy : Ward

Director : Nick Lyon

5/10 Horror SF

Cell (2016)

maandag, juni 27, 2016

Summary :
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.

Genre : SF/Horror
Country : USA

Cast :
John Cusack : Clay Riddell
Samuel L. Jackson : Tom McCourt
Isabelle Fuhrman : Alice Maxwell

Director : Tod Williams